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Workers harvest opium from a poppy field in the Sadung area of Kachin State in February 2021. (Frontier)

Poverty, impunity and profits: Experts warn coup could lead to opium surge

Falling incomes due to the pandemic and coup, and impunity for the military and pro-junta armed groups, have created ideal conditions for a rise in opium cultivation in Kachin State.

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